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Biographical History of Cherokee County, Iowa
W. S. Dunbar & Co., Chigago - 1889

[page 519]

  C. MUELLER, Physician and Surgeon, Marcus, Iowa, was born in the
  Rhine Province, Germany, October 21, 1844. He is the son of ADAM
  and MAGGIE (DICK) MUELLER, and is the third of a family of eight
  children, being the only one residing in America.  He was reared
  and educated in his native country; at the age of eleven years he
  entered college in his native town of Trier, where he remained
  four years; he then entered the College at Cologne, and took a
  four years' course, graduating in 1863.  He then went to Leipsic
  and took a course in music, after which he went to Giessen, Hesse
  Darmstadt, and began the study of philosophy of medicine.  In 1866
  he entered the University at Bonn; the same year the school was
  broken up by the war between Austria and Prussia; he entered the
  service as assistant in the hospital from June until the autumn
  of 1867, and then returned to the University; he continued his
  studies until 1870, when the war between France and Prussia broke
  out; after having passed an examination before a State Board he
  again entered the Government service as a physician; he continued
  to perform his duty faithfully until 1876; when he gained permission
  to emigrate to America.  He bade farewell to his native land, sailed
  away, and landed in this country September 14, 1876. He made a short
  stay in Washington, District of Columbia, visiting his old friend,
  the Hon. CARL SCHURZ.  He then came to Dubuque, Iowa, and there en-
  gaged in the practice of his profession for two years.  He removed
  at the expiration of that time to Des Moines, and practiced there
  two years.  Previous to his locating in Des Moines he spent three
  months in Memphis, Tennessee, during the yellow-fever scourge.  He
  did valiant service, assisting the faithful Sisters in their good
  work.  After leaving Des Moines Dr. MUELLER removed to Cedar County,
  Nebraska, and after six months returned to Iowa and settled in Rock
  Valley.  In one year he went to Alton, Iowa, and in a short time came
  to Marcus, his present home.  He has built up an extensive and profi-
  table practice, and is one of the most favorably and widely known
  physicians in the county.  He makes a specialty of women's and chil-
  dren's diseases, but prefers surgery to any other branch of his
  profession.  Politically Dr. MUELLER is liberal in his views.  He
  was married in March, 1881, to Miss MARGARET KINDLE, who was born
  in Coblentz, Germany, in 1850.  They are the parents of two children,
  both deceased.  They are worthy and faithful members of the Roman
  Catholic Church, and are among the most highly respected citizens
  of the community.

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